Environmental Systems Research

Table 4 Land cover classes and assigned cover (C) factor values

From: Spatial modeling of erosion hotspots using GIS-RUSLE interface in Omo-Gibe river basin, Southern Ethiopia: implication for soil and water conservation planning

LULC class	Area coverage		C-factor
LULC class	ha	%	C-factor
Water body	27,112	0.5	0
Cultivated land	3,124,590	54.4	0.15
Shrub land	744,171	12.95	0.014
Grass land	850,643	14.8	0.05
Bare land	65,524	1.1	1
Built-up area	1592	0.03	0.09
Forest land	932,778	16.2	0.01
Total	5,746,410

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